In Afghanistan Pakistanis pretend to be Indians

Even though this article is about India's role in Afghanistan, I want to highlight one significant aspect

Nothing angers me more than seeing Pakis pretending to be Indians in foreign locations. They keep doing it all over the West. These useless people do all kinds of shit possible, behave like pigs, and pretend to be Indians.

If they were so interested in calling themselves Indians, why did they make such a fuss and cause millions of deaths with a bloody partition? Having done that, let them enjoy the fruits of their pureland.

Else, let them come out openly and say that they have failed, and they made a big mistake - let them then give up nukes and stay under the Indian military umbrella after splitting into their constituent states - Balochistan, Sindh, Pakhtunkhwa, Pakjab, etc.

Racing through the deserted streets of Kabul at nighttime, you are likely to be stopped at street corners by policemen once, twice or even more. If you are a South Asian, as I am, their guard is up even more. â€œPakistani or Indian?â€ the cop barks out as you lower your window. When I answer â€œIndianâ€, he wants me to produce a passport to prove that, and as it happens, I am not carrying one. So I am pulled out of the car in the freezing cold and given a full body search, with the policemen muttering under his breath in Dari that everyone goes around claiming to be an Indian, especially Pakistanis.

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To be an Indian in Kabul is to be greeted warmly wherever you go, whether it is negotiating a security barrier or seeking a meeting with a government official. There is an easing of tensions (in Afghanistan, the fear uppermost in the mind is that the stranger at the door could be an attacker and you donâ€™t have too long to judge), Bollywood is almost immediately mentioned, and your hosts will go out of their way to help.

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To be a Pakistani is a bit more fraught. The body search is rigorous, the questioning hostile, and, more often than not, you have to be rescued by a Western colleague especially if you are entering one of those heavily guarded, unmarked restaurants frequented by foreigners.

Can't speak to the experiences of others, but on a personal level I always point out that I am Pakistani when the subject of origin comes up. Heck, in my job interviews in the US I worked in my Pakistani origin and experiences as part of my 'sales pitch' in order to differentiate my candidacy from others, and so far it has worked great!

Can't speak to the experiences of others, but on a personal level I always point out that I am Pakistani when the subject of origin comes up. Heck, in my job interviews in the US I worked in my Pakistani origin and experiences as part of my 'sales pitch' in order to differentiate my candidacy from others, and so far it has worked great!

Can't speak to the experiences of others, but on a personal level I always point out that I am Pakistani when the subject of origin comes up. Heck, in my job interviews in the US I worked in my Pakistani origin and experiences as part of my 'sales pitch' in order to differentiate my candidacy from others, and so far it has worked great!

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I'm not saying that you're lying, but all Pakistanis claim that they "never ever pretend to be Indians", when they're asked directly about it.

Inside Pakistan they hate India. Anywhere outside Pakistan they fake themselves as Indians. Much as they want to run away from having anything to do with Indians, they end up more and more pretending to be Indians. And whats more, they are pretending to be Indians in a country they call their backyard, their twin brothers and what not.

And whats more, they are pretending to be Indians in a country they call their backyard, their twin brothers and what not.

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Given the rampant anti-Pakistan attitudes in Afghanistan that the article itself alludes to, I find the argument that many Pakistanis in Afghanistan would try and pass themselves off as Indian if stopped at a check-post or similar situation credible. The Pakistani diplomatic missions have been attacked several times, so it stands to reason that Pakistanis fearful of being arrested, or worse, would try and hide their identity. The problem here lies more with the attitudes of the Afghans, in openly discriminating against Pakistanis and targeting them, and not with Pakistanis trying to conduct their business in the country.

Given the rampant anti-Pakistan attitudes in Afghanistan that the article itself alludes to, I find the argument that many Pakistanis in Afghanistan would try and pass themselves off as Indian if stopped at a check-post or similar situation credible. The Pakistani diplomatic missions have been attacked several times, so it stands to reason that Pakistanis fearful of being arrested, or worse, would try and hide their identity. The problem here lies more with the attitudes of the Afghans, in openly discriminating against Pakistanis and targeting them, and not with Pakistanis trying to conduct their business in the country.

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Reflects on the status of the lack of it for pakistanis. And it is all the doing of the Pakistanis who has meddled deeply in Afghanistan. Pakistan is pretty shameless in calling Afghanistan their backyard and also openly saying that the support for Taliban was to secure strategic depth against India. Afghans know that their land is being used by Pak for Paks own narrow motives. Pakistanis are getting what they deserve.

And you two have concrete statistics to support claims of 'All Pakistanis lie when asked' and/or that I am 'one in a 100 million'?

Taking anecdotal accounts published in the news to generalize the attitudes of all or a majority of Pakistanis is a pretty flawed and desperate exercise.

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dude at any cost i will not let any one address me or be addressed as a Paki ever even if it kills me i would die but i will not bear the shame of addressing me as a Paki but on the other hand take a look at these................. these are not isolated incident it is as common as u and me .................... if you pakis have so much pride in being a paki then why do you have to address yourself as indian.................after all one paki = 10 indians rite ......... and the people in southern indians are ugly and short and physically deformed rite according to your text books....................